Dublin
Capital of Ireland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Dublin - aerial - 2025-07-07 01: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Dublin is the capital of Ireland, in Leinster. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Ireland in our atlas.
It lies at 53.33° N, 6.25° W, about 17 m (56 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Dublin time zone.
Location
Red dot: Dublin. Green dots: other major cities of Ireland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Dublin has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 18°C (64°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 4°C (39°F). Around 982 mm (39 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in IrelandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2964574 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1761 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Dublin - aerial - 2025-07-07 01: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Croke Park from the Hill - 2004 All-Ireland Football Championship Final: Photograph by John H. Nolan; original uploader was Hetch at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- The Spire: Almbauer, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- IMMA north facade wiki: self, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fourcourtsquays: Jtdirl at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Leinster2006: dickobrien, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ashtown Castle1: Frank Winkelmann, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
